hasCause

P708
predicate

Indicates that one entity is the reason for, or brings about, the occurrence or existence of another entity or event.

All labels observed (39)

Label Occurrences
hasCause canonical 9,297
hasMotive 635
mainCause 213

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: hasCause
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is the reason for, or brings about, the occurrence or existence of another entity or event.

Sample triples (10,564)

Subject Object
Salvadoran Civil War social inequality in El Salvador
Salvadoran Civil War land concentration
Salvadoran Civil War political repression
Salvadoran Civil War fraudulent elections
Black Sunday
surface form: Black Sunday (dust storm)
severe drought
Black Sunday
surface form: Black Sunday (dust storm)
poor agricultural practices
Black Sunday
surface form: Black Sunday (dust storm)
overplowing of prairie grasslands
Black Sunday
surface form: Black Sunday (dust storm)
high winds
Rip Van Winkle escape from domestic life via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Battle of Taipale Soviet demands on Finnish territory
Nine Years' War expansionist policies of Louis XIV of France
Nine Years' War French attempts to revise the Treaty of Westphalia settlement
Nine Years' War French invasion of the Rhineland
European wars of religion religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants via predicate surface "hasMainCause"
European wars of religion Reformation via predicate surface "hasMainCause"
European wars of religion Counter-Reformation via predicate surface "hasMainCause"
dissolution of the Soviet Union political reforms of perestroika
dissolution of the Soviet Union glasnost reforms
dissolution of the Soviet Union economic stagnation in the Soviet Union
dissolution of the Soviet Union rise of nationalist movements in Soviet republics
dissolution of the Soviet Union failed August 1991 coup
1911 Wuchang Uprising anti-Qing sentiment
1911 Wuchang Uprising opposition to Manchu rule
1911 Wuchang Uprising failure of Qing reforms
1911 Wuchang Uprising influence of revolutionary ideas
1911 Wuchang Uprising activities of Tongmenghui
1911 Wuchang Uprising railway protection movement
Dirty Thirties severe drought
Dirty Thirties poor soil conservation practices
Dirty Thirties overplowing of grasslands
Dirty Thirties economic conditions of the Great Depression
Russian Revolution World War I
Russian Revolution economic hardship
Russian Revolution food shortages
Russian Revolution military defeats
Russian Revolution social inequality
Russian Revolution autocratic rule
Russian Revolution peasant land hunger
Russian Revolution industrial labor unrest
Polish deportees in the USSR Soviet policy of population transfers
Polish deportees in the USSR Sovietization of occupied Polish territories
Polish deportees in the USSR class-based repression
Polish deportees in the USSR ethnic and political cleansing
Gabriel Narutowicz political tensions in interwar Poland
Jacobite rising of 1715 Glorious Revolution
Jacobite rising of 1715 succession of the House of Hanover
Jacobite rising of 1715 discontent with the Act of Settlement 1701
Jacobite rising of 1715 support for James Francis Edward Stuart
East–West Schism theological disputes
East–West Schism political disputes